Domestic

Eight people died and eight others sustained injuries when the bakkie they were travelling in overturned and rolled several times on a rurual road near Elliotdale yesterday afternoon. Eastern Cape Transport Department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said the accident took place around 5.30pm on Monday afternoon.

Mineral Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe says the government needs more cooperation from its counterparts in Lesotho in curbing cross-border crime.

A public sector trade union with over 200 000 members says there are more questions than answers related to the National Health Insurance Scheme, approved recently by Parliament.

The Democratic Alliance has called for urgent intervention to save South African Post Offices after 300 branches were closed in the past three years.

Eskom on Friday announced the beginning of a pilot project that will give consumers more control over load shedding by using smart meters.

Police in Limpopo have arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly shooting and killing his 26-year-old son. The son's body was found lying in a street at Mentz village in Mankweng outside Polokwane on Saturday.

A 43-year-old man is expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates' Court on Monday after he was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport on Friday. The suspect – who was about to board a flight to Vietnam via Qatar Airways –  was found with suspicious items in his luggage.

Parliament’s Presiding Officers are seeking an urgent with Chief Justice, Raymond Zondo, following his scathing remarks about the institution’s relative inaction in dealing with his State Capture findings and recommendations.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy says it received reports of the deaths of at least 31 Basotho nationals in a Free State mine shaft.